Woke at 248.2 lbs, looking less bloated. Hydration yesterday was better, too.
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Woke at 250.4 lbs, looking bloated compared to yesterday. Which, I’m happy to say, is because I’m still holding on to everything I ate. Win.
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I’ve managed to keep all mine in for the last 2 days too. Although I think the gastro stop helped with that.
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If I wasnt lazy, I’d have gone and gotten some. As it is, I think I’m about back to normal. Thank fuck, because I have to take a max squat in about two hours.
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I sense a shart coming up!!
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Todays training
3x10 bracing hip thrusts
10x10 seconds bracing 90/90
Squat
2x5xbar/60 lbs - felt off. Probably thinking too much about bracing
5xplate/148 lbs - better
3x2 plates/236 lbs - belt on, better again
2x3 plates/346 lbs - wraps at five revolutions, monolift from hereon in
1x418 lbs - wraps at five revolutions
1x484 lbs - six revolutions
1x528 lbs - seven revolutions
1x572 lbs - eight very painful revolutions and not as snappy as I’d have liked but I’ll sure as hell take it
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxrWSUShCCA/?igshid=1k4obki384zr1
My logic was that I haven’t had enough time - or training - since last meet to accumulate enough fatigue to adapt to to get stronger. So, going for a small PR over my last meet numbers would be dumb. I settled for five pounds more than last peak’s fatigued max. Following Greg’s system for numbers that still gives me a PR on meet day.
Bench and deadlift to go.
I’m low key pretty chuffed that I can have a crook gut for a week on top of a couple of months of rehabbing my back and very little training and squat North of 550 lbs. I think my base strength has gone up.
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Nice work on the rep, not so good with the video !!!
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I like the way you very nonchalant put the belt over the plates, great effort.
Good to read you can handle heavy weights again.
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Woke at 249.8 lbs, looking much less bloated than yesterday.
@simo74 @mortdk technical difficulties.
Here it is
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxstWJOD7v8/?igshid=bgx8vdraha6g
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Woke at 250.7 lbs, looking a bit more bloated than yesterday.
Beautiful squat!
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Thanks man! Greg actually said it was one of the best he’s seen me do. I was happy with that.
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Todays training
3x10 bracing hip thrusts
10x10 seconds bracing 90/90
2x10 lbs halos in each direction between bracing hip thrusts
Band work: 15 each Y-raises, rows and facepulls
SuperD shoulder stabilisation
Bench press
2x10xbar
7xplate
4x176 lbs
2x220 lbs
1x264 lbs - self handout to here working on wedding myself under the bar and not being so far down the bench
0x297 lbs - self handout for this not a great idea
1x297 lbs - got a handout
2x0x319 lbs - both handouts
0x308 lbs - again handout, this one was close
Genuinely upset and worried for a while. Cooled off on the drive home and only then remembered that I couldn’t generate any grip force to the bar today. I doubt that’s a coincidence. Guess I’m more fatigued than I thought.
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Super D 
Lucky Mrs ko
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Woke at 250 lbs, looking similar to yesterday. Maybe a little less bloated.
I’ll be honest, still pissed off about the missed benches. I know it’s almost certainly just fatigue, but that doesn’t make me any happier about it. I could have managed the day much better if I hadn’t been fixated on numbers. For instance, could have gone from 297 to 308 lbs. I’m pretty certain I’d have gotten that.
Hey ho, how I feel means precisely nothing. All I got to do is perform on the 16th.
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Still a solid session regardless of feeling less that 100%
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Woke at 247.8 lbs, looking quite a bit less bloated than yesterday. Last night my gut issue returned with a vengeance, this morning after breakfast the nausea is back. Ditched work so I can get to the doctor because this isn’t funny any more.
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Feel better, keep us posted!
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Get well soon mate, nothing worse than not being able to eat right
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Ok, so according to the doc that week I had an upset stomach it was most likely a viral infection that passed and right now my GI tract is just irritated as a result. Could last a couple of weeks. He gave me some wafers that reduce the feeling of nausea, which hopefully will do the trick.
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